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Sunday, June 7, 2015

RADIOACTIVE SCRAP METAL IN SILVERWARE

I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW MUCH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CARES ABOUT YOU, FELLOW CITIZENS.THEY WANT YOU TO STICK RADIOACTIVE METAL IN YOUR MOUTH...FORKS, SPOONS...AND THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE RADIOACTIVE BELT BUCKLES, JEWELRY AND WHATEVER ELSE CAN BE MADE FROM THEIR DISPOSING OF NUCLEAR SITE SCRAP METALS BY PASSING A NEW BILL THAT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO BUY UP THEIR GLOW-IN-THE-DARK NUCLEAR WASTE AND "RECYCLE" IT!THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS! A U.S. CONGRESSMAN GREW CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OR IT MIGHT HAVE NEVER MADE EVEN ONE TINY HEADLINE.

WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) – A Department of Energy ()DOE) proposal to allow up to 14,000 metric tons of its radioactive scrap metal to be recycled into consumer products was called into question today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) due to concerns over public health.

In a letter sent to DOE head Steven Chu, Rep. Markey expressed “grave concerns” over the potential of these metals becoming jewelry, cutlery, or other consumer products that could exceed healthy doses of radiation without any knowledge by the consumer. DOE made the proposal to rescind its earlier moratorium on radioactive scrap metal recycling in December, 2012.

The proposal follows an incident from 2012 involving Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in America recalling tissue holders made in India that were contaminated with the radio-isotope cobalt-60. Those products were shipped to 200 stores in 20 states. In response to that incident, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesperson advised members of the public to return the products even though the amount of contamination was not considered to be a health risk.

“The public concerns associated with such a proposal cannot be understated,” writes Rep. Markey to Secretary Chu. “If these metals are being released to companies who will subsequently manufacture new consumer products from them, DOE simply has no way to ensure that different samples are not aggregated into more highly radioactive products.”

The letter notes that in 2000, then-Energy Secretary Bill Richardson first suspended DOE’s radioactive recycling efforts in response to concerns raised by Rep. Markey and others that DOE would not be able to assure public safety as radioactively contaminated metals could have been turned into everything from baby spoons to jewelry to medical devices that are implanted into the human body. In December 2012, however, DOE proposed to do away with the ban on radioactive recycling.

In the letter from Rep. Markey, DOE is asked how it could assure consumers that they will not be affected by higher doses of radiation from products using aggregated radioactive scrap metal, among other concerns.

NOW, EVEN THE DAMNABLE EPA ADMITS THIS HAPPENS, THAT THE NUKE BOYS DO SELL SOME OF THEIR CRAP FOR SCRAP.

Example 1:. Pipe scale from oil and gas drilling that contains naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM). As the oil or gas is pumped from the ground, radionuclides and other minerals from the surrounding soil and water are deposited in pipes or equipment.This material may not be under regulatory control in the first place.

Example 2: Material improperly released from the nuclear industry that was contaminated with man-made radionuclides above regulated limits.

Material with a very low levels of radioactivity that are below regulatory limits

Demolition of Nuclear Facilities

The nuclear facilities managed by the DOE and commercial nuclear power plants licensed by NRC are the largest potential sources of scrap metal from nuclear facilities in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), NRC, the Department of Defense (DoD), and state or Superfund authorities are primarily responsible for management of scrap metal from these facilities. "

THE NEXT BLOG WILL SHOW HOW STUPID THAT STATEMENT " very low levels of radioactivity that are below regulatory limits" IS AS MORE AND MORE NUCLEAR "EXPERTS" COME FORWARD TO SAY NO, NONE, ZERO, NOT ONE ATOM OF RADIOACTIVE ANYTHING IS SAFE, AND THERE'S IS A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT "RADIOACTIVE BANANA" AND THE CRAP THAT FRIES OUR HUMAN CELLS FROM THE NUCLEAR PLANTS AND BOMBS! SUCH SERIOUS WARNINGS WERE GIVEN TO US IN THE 1940s, 1950s BY THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND EVEN BY THOSE ON THE TEAM OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT!"NO RADIATION IS SAFE IN HUMANS!""THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE LEVEL OF RADIATION!"

LEARN OR PERISH, YES?

THE EPA ALSO ADMITS: " Many scrap metal yards and metal processing facilities monitor scrap shipments for radioactive contamination. However, monitoring does not guarantee detection of sources. They may be shielded by the scrap metal or by their own casings."THAT "MANY"...HOW MANY?ONE IN 100?NOPE!ONE IN 10,000?GETTING CLOSER TO THE TRUTH.SO, NO, HARDLY ANYONE CATCHES RADIOACTIVE SCRAP, AND LOOK HOW CONGRESS AND OUR "PROTECTIVE AGENCIES" JUST DON'T GIVE A RIP!FOR NOW, I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE HOW QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY FORBES DISPUTED CLAIMS THAT THE DOE IS TRYING TO KILL US...

Obviously no one at all is suggesting that anything is going to get dumped: they’re going to charge for the metal.

[HERE COMES A BIG LIE!] Which is why all scrap yards check the radioactivity of their incoming materials. So even of the government wanted to poison us all and get rid of their nuclear scrap no one would take it from them."

IF YOU CAN FIND, IN ANY SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA, ONE, JUST ONE LOCAL SCRAP YARD THAT HAS THE SCANNERS FOR RADIATION IN PLACE, TAKE A PHOTO, PASTE IT IN A COMMENT...I WILL PUBLISH IT HERE!

HOW DOES ONE UNLOAD RADIOACTIVE SCRAP?

TAKE IT TO SMALL TOWN AMERICA!

FORBES GOES ON AND ON ABOUT HOW THE DOE HAS NO INTENTIONS OF MURDER.

THOSE WHO OWN FORBES MAY WELL ALSO OWN A FEW CONGRESSMEN, BUT ENOUGH CONGRESSMEN HAVE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE DOE, THE NRC, AND THE BIG NUCLEAR ENERGY BOYS THAT WE SIMPLY HAVE TO CHOOSE WHOM TO BELIEVE.THE FORBES BUNCH JUST MAY NOT SIT IN ON CLOSED-DOORS SESSIONS LIKE MARKEY AND OTHERS DO UP ON THE HILL.THEY MAY NOT KNOW "THE REST OF THE STORY".OR, THEY, LIKE THE DOE, NRC, EPA, ETC, SIMPLY CARE ABOUT PROFITS AND CHEAP DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED CRAP LIKE THE NUKE PLANTS PUMP OUT. YE OLDE WALL STREET JOURNAL ALMOST GAVE US SOME FACTS, ALMOST, ON THIS NEWS THAT DOE WANTS TO SELL RADIOACTIVE GARBAGE METAL:"While the metal WOULD come from "radiological areas" such as research laboratories and nuclear-weapons-related facilities, any contamination would be so low that a member of the public would be exposed to a "negligible individual dose" of additional radiation, the DOE said."We are concerned about what could happen in the marketplace if you have to worry about radioactive material possibly being in your eyeglass frames," said Thomas Danjczek, president of the Steel Manufacturers Association, a trade group whose members use recycled metals. "Why is the government trying to hurt the image of American products?"

It is difficult and expensive to prevent the commingling of recycled metals.Metal-processing facilities already face contamination problems when they inadvertently accept medical devices and other radioactive products, Mr. Danjczek said. Cleanup from such incidents can cost a recycling plant as much as $15 million, he added.

Some critics argue the DOE's proposed exposure standards are too high and that information provided in its 50-page document explaining the proposal is even more worrisome.

Higher exposures could occur if contaminated metal is made into items such as belt buckles or hip-replacement joints, said Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer on nuclear policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and critic of the government's proposal. Such exposures would further increase a person's cancer risk, he said.

A 1981 Wall Street Journal article chronicled an earlier debate over a similar government plan to sell metal. The proposal drew more than 3,000 written responses, almost all in opposition. One writer suggested government officials "just eat your radioactive waste," while another called it "one of the more outrageous ideas to come out of idiotic bureaucrats."

The government recycled some metal from its nuclear sites from the 1990s to mid-2000. The release of about 3,000 tons from a Tennessee facility prompted a report in 2000 from the DOE's inspector general that said inadequate testing "increased risk to the public."

A test on one unreleased batch showed a radioactivity level several times the allowed limits, the report said.

SO, SHOULD WE TRY THAT AGAIN?DARE WE IMAGINE THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, TO "CUT CORNERS" ON WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS"?

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CONGRESS, AT LEAST SOME IN CONGRESS, HAVE CALLED THE NRC, DOE AND OTHERS IN FOR HEARINGS ABOUT THEIR SHODDY, UNDERHANDED HANDLING OF THINGS!

Separately, two senators asked the GAO, the auditing and watchdog arm of Congress, to investigate the findings of the ongoing AP series Aging Nukes, which concludes that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the nuclear power industry have worked closely to keep old reactors operating within safety standards by weakening them, or not enforcing the rules."

LET'S TRY LOGIC!STAND BACK!LOGIC CAN BE DANGEROUS!

IF THE DAMNED THINGS ARE LEAKING, AS THEY ARE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THEN HOW IS IT WE'RE TO BELIEVE ANY MATERIAL FROM ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THESE LEAKERS IS "NON-RADIOACTIVE"?THE U.S. IS JUST LIKE JAPAN....LIE TO THE PEOPLE, MAINTAIN CALM, MAKE PROFITS, SCREW PUBLIC HEALTH, CONTINUE POLLUTING THE PLANET, THE CITIZENS, THE FOOD, EVERYTHING.

NUCLEAR ENERGY IS YOUR FRIEND!JUST LIKE CYANIDE PILLS...JUST EXACTLY LIKE THAT!AND JUST LIKE JAPAN, OUR NUKE-LOVING LADS ALL WANT YOU TO SMILE, SMILE WHILE THEY RAISE "ACCEPTABLE LEVELS" OF RADIATION, SMILE WHILE THEY WEAKEN EVERY SAFETY RULE THERE EVER WAS, GRIN AND BEAR IT, AMERICA."Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.The result? Rising fears that these accommodations by the NRC are significantly undermining safety — and inching the reactors closer to an accident that could harm the public and jeopardize the future of nuclear power in the United States.

Examples abound. When valves leaked, more leakage was allowed — up to 20 times the original limit. When rampant cracking caused radioactive leaks from steam generator tubing, an easier test of the tubes was devised, so plants could meet standards.

Failed cables. Busted seals. Broken nozzles, clogged screens, cracked concrete, dented containers, corroded metals and rusty underground pipes — all of these and thousands of other problems linked to aging were uncovered in the AP's yearlong investigation. And all of them could escalate dangers in the event of an accident."

SAAAAY, THAT'S GREAT FOR THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THE LOCALS NEAR THOSE "DEATH STARS", RIGHT?

OH, YEAH... BON APPETIT!

ENJOY YOUR RADIATED FOODS WITH YOUR RADIATED EATING UTENSILS AND JUST TRUST THESE GUYS TO "PROTECT" YOU...LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST WHEN THEY CARRIED OUT THEIR LITTLE SECRET EXPERIMENTS ON MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO SEE WHAT RADIATION DOES TO THE HUMAN BODY...THAT "LOW LEVEL" RADIATION, THAT "UNCONCERNED AMOUNT" OF CANCER-CAUSING GAMMA RADIATION.

THAT CONGRESS HAS TRIED TO BLOCK THIS FOR OVER 3 DECADES SHOULD TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW...THE DOE, NRC, EPA DOES NOT GIVE A TINKER'S EARTHEN DAM ABOUT ANY OF US.

THEY PROTECT BIG BUSINESS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, THE PROFIT-MAKERS, NOT THE SHEEP, NOT THE FLOCKS WHO SIMPLY DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT'S IN ANYTHING...FOOD, WATER, AIR, ANYTHING.